Lyn 1 Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Firth Park Methodist Church is open this week celebrating its centenary along with its flower festival. Lots of photos and documents to browse. They also have a small booklet on sale about the history of the church. Lyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardB Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Firth Park Methodist Church is open this week celebrating its centenary along with its flower festival. Lots of photos and documents to browse. They also have a small booklet on sale about the history of the church. Lyn Congratulations to Firth Park Methodist Church; hope the weekend is magnificent. Hope to see some updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnm Posted May 8, 2011 Share Posted May 8, 2011 Firth Park Methodist Church is open this week celebrating its centenary along with its flower festival. Lots of photos and documents to browse. They also have a small booklet on sale about the history of the church. Lyn Congratulations to all at Firth Park Methodist Church. I have had many friends there over the years. Hope you have a great weekend - would love to hear about it. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Firth Park United Methodist Church. s05055 Firth Park United Methodist Church, corner of Stubbin Lane and Sicey Avenue. Built 1911, Architect Frank W. Chapman. Probably taken 1911. Another image from 1911 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc06750&pos=37&action=zoom&id=106021 Rev. George Carver, Minister of Firth Park United Methodist Church 1911-1918. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc06734&pos=21&action=zoom&id=106005 Congregation outside Firth Park United Methodist Church, possibly on or around the time the church opened in May 1911. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc06753&pos=38&action=zoom&id=106024 Firth Park United Methodist Church Orchestra who will perform at the Church Bazaar. 1917 arc06749 Image from Firth Park United Methodist Church Bazaar Programme, Apr 1917 (page 43) (Sheffield City Archives: X979/1/2). Ladies who will be serving at the refreshment stall as part of the Firth Park United Methodist Church Bazaar 1917. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc06748&pos=35&action=zoom&id=106019 Firth Park United Methodist Church, Sunday School Teachers. 1917. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc06747&pos=34&action=zoom&id=106018 Firth Park United Methodist Church 'Pleasant Monday Afternoon Meeting' Group. 1917 https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc06746&pos=33&action=zoom&id=106017 Ladies who will be serving at the Congregational and Pleasant Monday Afternoon Stall as part of the Firth Park United Methodist Church Bazaar. 1917. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc06745&pos=32&action=zoom&id=106016 Children collecting and taking part in the opening day for Firth Park United Methodist Church Bazaar. 1917. (Children are named, assume they are the ones in the photograph.) https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc06744&pos=31&action=zoom&id=106015 Trustees of Firth Park United Methodist Church, c. 1917. https://www.picturesheffield.com/frontend.php?keywords=Ref_No_increment;EQUALS;arc06743&pos=30&action=zoom&id=106014 Further images of individual "officers" can be found on the Picture Sheffield Website. https://picturesheffield.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Firth Park Methodist Church and adjoining Meeting Room and Boundary Wall, Grade II Listed Building; first listed 12th December 1995. https://www.myunitedmethodists.org.uk/content/chapels-and-churches/yorkshire/sheffield-firth-park-united-methodist-chapel Firth Park Methodist Church building social cohesion in Sheffield’s deprived urban areas. https://www.methodistinsurance.co.uk/grant-giving/firth-park-church/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponytail Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 Firth Park United Methodist Chapel, corner of Stubbin Lane and Sicey Avenue, c. 1955. arc01195 Older residents of the area, including my family used to call it Bottom Chapel and Top Chapel was up Bellhouse Road on Winkley Terrace. My dad in his younger years along with his brother Alf attended Boys Brigade here. In the later 1930's he taught for a while at the Sunday School; tending to get carried away with elaborate storytelling so I was informed, the children calling him "Mr. Bob." Firth Park Methodist Church & Firth Park Terminus from the entrance to Firth Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysanderix Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 In the early 1950s two of Hucklow Road Junior school classes spent a couple of years being taught in the Methodist’s Church school room…on account of overcrowding at Hucklow Road. The classes were divided by a curtain and they were some of the happiest of my schooldays….especially as we regularly saw Derek Dooley queueing up for a tram on his way to training at Hillsborough…seemingly, no car even for footballers in those days! I also went , very occasionally, to Sunday School but was a keen Lifeboy of No.54 company and well remember Miss Keyworth🥰 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyn 1 Posted November 2, 2023 Author Share Posted November 2, 2023 Footballers often held down a day job back then too. Derek Dooley lived on Addison Road at that time. They have it so cushy these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopman Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 Image taken August this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopman Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 And one from January 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Firth Park Methodist church in 1911 with a snowy ploughed field behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysanderix Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 What a lovely pic. No houses, no shops, no Sicey Avenue….although I imagine Bellhouse Road was still in existence. I imagine the church was built in anticipation of Sheffield’s planned expansion…a bit like the three churches were built in the 1930s on Low Shiregreen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alastair Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 On 05/11/2023 at 16:53, Lysanderix said: What a lovely pic. No houses, no shops, no Sicey Avenue….although I imagine Bellhouse Road was still in existence. I imagine the church was built in anticipation of Sheffield’s planned expansion…a bit like the three churches were built in the 1930s on Low Shiregreen. It must have been part of a plan to expand the city northwards, otherwise that would be the tram to nowhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makapaka Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 One of my earliest memories is being on a bus in firthpark not long after our pet cat (tigger) died and as we drove past this church I asked my mam who lived in there and she said it’s where tigger and all the other poorly animals have gone to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysanderix Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Alastair,It did. The tram route was extended up Stubbin Lane and thence via a 90 degree bend up Barnsley Road to a new terminus at Sheffield Lane Top. ….it served a few roads only on the very large( said to have been the single largest housing development in Europe when built) Low Shiregreen Estate.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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